Boy
Spencer
As a boy's name, Spencer traces back to Middle English, where it is understood to mean "Middle English occupational surname". It peaked back in the 1990s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.
Middle EnglishMiddle English occupational surname
Etymology"Dispenser" of provisions – a steward
Births by decade
1900s
396
1910s
1,373
1920s
1,873
1930s
1,792
1940s
3,036
1950s
3,166
1960s
4,434
1970s
6,963
1980s
15,524
1990s
39,482
2000s
28,047
2010s
13,067
Peaked in the 1990s · 119,153 total U.S. births since 1900